The Boathouse Surgery, Pangbourne

23/06/2026

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12/06/2026

Meningitis B Vaccine Update
You may have seen in the media today that Men B vaccines will be offered to some 18 – 25-year-olds this summer. Whilst we have not received official communications regarding this, from what we can see in the news the vaccine will be offered to pupils completing Year 13 this summer, and 18 – 25-year-olds starting university or other residential further education settings in Autumn this year. The vaccine will be provided by community pharmacy – please contact your local pharmacy for further details.

Under 18s – we’re still offering private Men B vaccines here at the surgery. It's a 2-dose course and each dose is £110 (£220 total for the course – payable at the first appointment.) Please call us on 0118 984 2234 to book an appointment. Thank you.

08/06/2026

REMINDER
The surgery will be closed for training from 1pm tomorrow - Tuesday 9th June.
We will re-open as normal Wednesday morning.
Please call 111 if you require medical attention during this time - GP cover is in place.

02/06/2026

SURGERY CLOSED FOR TRAINING
The surgery will be closed for training from 1pm on Tuesday 9th June. We will re-open as normal the next morning. Please call 111 if you require medical attention during this time - GP cover is in place.

22/05/2026

Meningitis B Vaccines
We are now able to offer Men B vaccines privately to our patients.
It's a 2 dose course and each dose is £110 (£220 total for the course.)
Please call us on 0118 984 2234 to book an appointment.
Thank you.

20/05/2026

Reminder - the dispensary will be CLOSED this Friday, 22nd May. Urgent prescriptions for dispesning patients on this day will be sent electronically to collect at a pharmacy of your choice.
The whole surgery will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday, 25th May.
When we re-open on Tuesday 26th, the dispensary hatch will be to the left of the reception desk.

Please ensure any medication needed from the dispensary before Tuesday is collected by 6pm tomorrow, Thursday 21st.

Thank you.

15/05/2026

We understand that many of you will, understandably, be worried following the very sad news that a student at Henley College has died with suspected Meningococcal disease and further cases have been confirmed. Please be assured that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have advised that the risk of it spreading is very low and they are identifying and contacting any close contacts of confirmed or probable cases.

The Meningitis B vaccine was introduced to the NHS UK baby vaccine schedule in 2015. Therefore, anyone older than 11 will not have been offered a Meningitis B vaccine. The UKHSA has advised that there is no need to give the vaccine to those who don't qualify under the current vaccination schedule. We therefore only have stock for those who already qualify. The UKHSA will contact directly those it deems at risk to discuss vaccination. Men B vaccines are available privately at many pharmacies and private providers if you feel you would like your child to have one.

A vaccine for Meningitis ACWY is offered at school in year 9. If you are unsure whether you had this, please check your immunisation history on your NHS App first where possible. If you do not have the NHS App please contact us and we can check your health records.
If you did not have the Meningitis ACWY vaccine at school and would now like it, we are able to give this under the NHS schedule to patients aged 14 to 24 years. Please call us to book an appointment.

For more information on Meningitis please visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/meningitis/

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11/05/2026

DISPENSARY CLOSED FRIDAY 22ND MAY & RELOCATING.

The dispensary will be closed on Friday 22nd May and will re-open on Tuesday 26th May. The whole surgery will be closed on the bank holiday, Monday 25th May.

Please ensure any medications due over this weekend are requested and collected from the dispensary before Friday 22nd, allowing 4 full working days’ notice from request to collection.

The dispensary will be relocated to half of the office behind the reception desk during this time. The reception back office has been moved upstairs.

From Tuesday 26th May the dispensary hatch will temporarily be the right-hand side of the reception desk. By the beginning of June, the new hatch will be open and located in the Self-Monitoring room – on the left when you walk into the surgery.

The Self-Monitoring room will be re-located to an area of the waiting room.

The other half of the office behind the reception desk will become a new consulting room, as will the current dispensary room.

We plan to carry out the most disruptive work at weekends but apologise for any noise or inconvenience during opening hours throughout this time.

Thank you for your understanding.
The Boathouse Surgery

06/05/2026

This week we are supporting Dying Matters Awareness. For support and information, please visit the display in our waiting room.

16/04/2026

Spring Vaccine Clinics
The Spring Covid Booster campaign commenced on April 13th. We will run Spring Vaccine clinics here at the surgery from mid-April. If you are eligible and yet to book, please now call us to book into one of our clinics.

Eligible cohorts:

· 18 – 74-year-olds that are severely immunosuppressed.
· All patients aged 75+ (or will turn 75 by 30/06/2026)

All patients aged 80+ will also become eligible for an RSV vaccine from April (currently only 75 – 80-year-olds are eligible). Therefore, all patients aged 75+ yet to have one, will also be offered an RSV vaccine at the Spring Booster clinics. For more information on the RSV vaccine please visit: RSV vaccine - NHS

We will contact and organise vaccinations for housebound and care home patients separately.

Please arrive to the vaccine clinic at the time you have booked.

🌸 We look forward to seeing you at a Spring Vaccine Clinic soon! 🌸